ANNOUNCEMENTS

RIGHTEOUS BABE RADIO is broadcasting PRISON PRISM, REFRACTING OUTWARD FROM THE PRISON MUSIC PROJECT, a radio festival dedicated to discussions about our criminal justice system currently airing through June 12, 2020. We are hearing from incarcerated poets and lyricists offering their songs and stories and from some of the artists who helped bring those stories to life as part of …

Long Time Gone is a musical collaboration between free artists and incarcerated or formerly incarcerated writers. Ten years in the making, the album will be released June 5th on Righteous Babe Records by the non-profit artist collective known as The PRISON MUSIC PROJECT. All profits of the album sales will go to the Southern Center for Human Rights, an organization …

Righteous Babe Radio, the 24-hour online radio station from singer/songwriter/feminist/activist author Ani DiFranco, has now incorporated Letters From An American, the daily newsletter from Heather Cox Richardson. DiFranco reads the daily news brief every day, which broadcasts at 6pm, 11pm and 8am CT the following day. Richardson, a professor of American History, believes that you can’t get a grip on today’s politics without an …

American Aquarium reaches new heights with their strongest release to date, Lamentations. The new album tops the Billboard charts at #1 on the Top New Artist Album Chart, #1 on the Americana/Folk Album Chart, #2 on the Country Album Chart and #2 on the Rock Album Chart. Lamentations has also earned raves from critics who have praised frontman BJ Barham’s …

“…her Best LP since 1998’s ‘Car Wheels On A Gravel Road.” ★★★★ – Rolling Stone “Drawing as much from punk as roadhouse blues, Lucinda Williams’ loud and unsparing new album is some of the heaviest, most inspiring music of her career.” 8.0 – Pitchfork Nashville, TN – With a four-decade celebrated career, 14 acclaimed studio albums, three Grammy Awards, numerous …

Today, Righteous Babe Records is proud to announce the label’s next release, Long Time Gone from The Prison Music Project, out June 5. This collaboration is produced by Zoe Boekbinder and Ani DiFranco and features incarcerated writers and musicians from New Folsom prison in Folsom, CA. This project began in 2010 when Boekbinder volunteered in New Folsom, playing concerts and teaching workshops …

Today, John Craigie releases his track “Don’t Ask” from his upcoming album Asterisk the Universe, out June 12th via Thirty Tigers. Originally released as a solo version in 2018, the song quickly became a live fan favorite. Craigie reimagined the track with a full band arrangement, featuring a funky groove underneath Motown-inspired vocal arrangements. Listen to “Don’t Ask” HERE and …

Award-winning singer/songwriter Hayes Carll has released a new recording of his provocative song “Times Like These.” Originally a topical, honky-tonk fueled rocker that appeared on his acclaimed 2019 album What It Is, this re-imagined version receives a new stripped down treatment that allows the nuances of the message to be at the forefront of the recording. Listen HERE. Carll’s protagonist …

On June 26th, LoHi Records will release a very special album celebrating the life and lasting legacy of a true American original with On The Road: A Tribute To John Hartford. The collection brings together a diverse group of artists who represent a portion of those who grew from the seeds planted by Hartford over five decades ago. All net …

Today, Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Shelby Lynne releases her self-titled album via Thirty Tigers. Critics and fans alike have praised the powerful release which finds the celebrated artist as her most vulnerable self. Billboard called the album a “spare and emotionally weighty, introspective set.” American Songwriter raved, “[The songs] …reaffirm the authenticity and integrity that’s marked her trajectory every step of …